Small Dams and Weirs in Earth and Gabion Materials | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
December 2001
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
FAODOCREP:7c33db2a-ca6b-4d43-80bf-1fad1f66e55e
Pages: 
179
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This publication is a set of practical guidelines and norms for field project engineers for the design and building of small hydraulic structures using earth and gabions. This publication would be useful in designing small earth dams with a gabion spillway, intake weirs for gravity irrigation schemes, groynes, river bed training works and for protection against hydraulic erosion.

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Land and Water Division
Deputy Directory-General Natural Resources
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